Monday, July 14, 2025

Burning Issues

Youth Parliament Tasks Government, Legislature to Revive Draft Constitution

By: Kebba AF Touray The National Youth Parliament (NYP) has tasked the Gambia Government and the National Assembly to take steps and explore genuine efforts...

Interior Minister Says Gambia Remains Hostile Ground for Drug Trafficking

By: Kebba AF Touray Yankuba J.N. Sonko, the Minister of Interior on Friday 25th June 2021, disclosed that the Gambia will remain a hostile ground...

UTG Management Responds To Staff Association Admidst Strike Action

When the UTG Staff Association threatened to go on strike on Thursday, management issued a statement published below but this did not deter the...

NALA Executive Secretary Responds To Allegations By Legal Staff

By Kebba Secka Ahmed Kemo Ceesay, Executive Secretary of National Agency for Legal Aid in a telephone conversation on Thursday July 1st refuted some of...

7 Arrested Manduar Youth Released

By Mustapha Jallow Seven (7) youth of Manduar were finally released on bail from the Brikama Police station on 30th June and 1st July 2021,...

Gambia University Staff Continue Sit-Down Strike

By Yankuba Jallow Staff working at the University of the Gambia (UTG) have started a sit-down strike on Thursday in demand of welfare and related...

Can A Court Inquire Into IEC’S Decision To Authorise The Mayoress...

QUESTION OF THE DAY According to section 127 of the Elections Act, “(1) Where and issue arises relating to electoral matters which is not addressed by...

UTG Management’s Response Staff Association

The hue and cry over the advertisement regarding the position of UTG Vice Chancellor has reached its crescendo. It is quite baffling that a...

Gambian Refugees in Senegal Ask Government to Respect Their Rights

By Yankuba Jallow Residents of Kerr Mot Hali, who are currently in exile, have renewed their call to the Gambia Government to respect their rights...

NALA Lawyers Begin Indefinite Sit-Down Strike Today

As Mobility, Pay Rise, and Printer Take Centre Stage By Kebba Secka Anonymous source at the National Agency for Legal Aid (NALA) has informed this medium that...

What Has Happened At Manduar Village?

QUESTION OF THE DAY The video circulating which shows chaos at Manduar reflects the type of conflict that can flare up among our diverse people....

IEC, Police Mediating Peace In Manduar After Clash Broke Over Alkaloship,...

By Abdoulie Fatty and Mustapha Jallow Officials of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and senior Police heads on Tuesday headed a peace mediation team in...

Have You Registered To Get Your Voter’s Card?

QUESTION FOR THE DAY We have started counting on a daily basis the number of days left for registration to come to an end on...

Mother calls for urgent intervention at EFSTH

As she ran out of cash while fighting for son’s life   By Mustapha Jallow Aja Fatou Mboge, 72-year-old mother, is calling for urgent intervention at...

UTG Staff Agree to Start Sit-Down Strike on Thursday

By Yankuba Jallow In an extra-ordinary congress organised by the University of The Gambia Faculty and Staff Association on Monday, 28th June, the overwhelming majority of...

Was Pa Bobo Jobarteh’s Programme A PDOIS Programme?

QUESTION OF THE DAY Foroyaa has reliably gathered that the Programme was meant to give support to a musician who was a social activist to...

Jah Oil Refutes Mayor Lowe’s Allegation

By Kebba Secka The General Manager of Jah Oil Company, Momodou Hydara, has refuted the allegation made by the Mayor of Banjul, Rohey Malick Lowe,...

Has The IEC Been Taken To Court?

QUESTION OF THE DAY The IEC is not immune to be taken to court especially when one has courts that are as independent as the...

IEC, Banjul Mayor sued for supposed Illegal Issuance of Attestations

By Yankuba Jallow Gambia Participates and Centre for Research and Policy Development (both civil society organizations) and the Councillor for Box Bar Ward in Banjul...

PAG Observers Raise Concerns on Attempts Made by the Underaged to...

By Nelson Manneh Peace Ambassadors The Gambia (PAG) voter registration observers have on Thursday 24th June 2021 raised concerns about the unsuccessful attempts of underage...